Fresh to Death, B.C.’s biggest fresh hop beer festival, returns to the Roundhouse in Victoria on Saturday, Oct. 12, with 20 B.C. breweries on hand offering seasonal fresh-hopped beers. The style list runs the gamut from pale ales and IPAs […]
Hammer Time: Craft beer adventures in Canada’s “Steeltown”
This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide at your local brewery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across the province. Perhaps understandably, Hamilton […]
Beer labels tell us little about what we’re drinking, and that needs to change
This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide at your local brewery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across the province. The information contained […]
Drink this: Vixen by Strange Fellows Brewing
If you’re unfamiliar with Strange Fellows’ Fellowship program, you seriously need to change that. The East Van Belgian-influenced brewery has been putting out some of its best releases as part of this limited release beer club. You get exclusive access […]
On tap: new releases from Strange Fellows, R&B and Foamers’ Folly
Here’s what we’re spending our rent money on this week… Hop Devil Fresh Hop Kellerbier by Strange Fellows Brewing 4.9% ABV • 23 IBU • Draught only Fresh hop beer season is upon us and Vancouver’s Strange Fellows Brewing has […]
What’s up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event guide for Sept. 20-22
Hop Devil Hootenanny Sept. 21 • 1-7 p.m. • Vancouver It’s time to give thanks for a good harvest and to drink to the health of the Hop Devil to help ensure a bountiful crop next year. To that end, […]
RECIPE: Lager roasted herb chicken salad
By chef Robert Belcham, Popina Canteen This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide at your local brewery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across […]
Drink this: Holzhausen Festbock by Persephone Brewing Co.
Oktoberfest is nigh so it seems appropriate to have something big and German this week. Beer styles like marzen, festbier and festbock were designed specifically for Oktoberfest, and are basically different ways of describing essentially the same beer: a darker, […]
The Wide World of Wheat
Beer, at its basic level, is a waste product produced by uncountable millions of yeast cells as they chew their way through a sugary slurry (called “wort”) that brewers prepare for their feasting. Those fermentable sugars can be derived from […]
Celebrate Canadian Beer Day this Oct. 9
Every day is a good day to celebrate beer, but Oct. 9 might be an even better day. All of Canada is invited to raise a glass of locally produced beer in unison on Canadian Beer Day. The association behind […]